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HENRY   HARRISSE 

HENRY  HARRISSE'S  name  is  connected  with  one  of  the  most 
erudite  bibliographies  ever  published  ;  indeed,  according  to 
Nicolas  Triibner,  Harrisse's  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetus- 
tissima  "  is  a  "work  unrivalled  in  its  extent,  accuracy,  and 
comprehensiveness."  This  is  the  more  remarkable  because 
Harrisse  had  no  bibliographic  training,  and  because  the  work 
in  question  was  his  first  attempt  in  this  field.  Before  under 
taking  the  work  on  the  "  Bibliotheca  Americana,"  he  had  de 
voted  himself  exclusively  to  art,  criticism,  and  the  history  of 
philosophy,  translating  into  English  and  annotating  all  the 
metaphysical  works  of  Descartes.  Being  unable  to  find  a 
publisher  in  America  for  that  class  of  books,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  other  subjects.  At  this  time — about  1864-65 — he 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Samuel  Latham  Mitchill  Barlow, 
the  generous  collector  to  whose  munificence  bibliographical 
science  is  indebted  for  this  splendid  publication.  Mr.  Bar 
low  shortly  before  had  bought  the  library  of  Colonel  Aspinwall 
that  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  which  consumed  the  premises 
of  Bangs,  Merwin  &  Co.,  696  Broadway,  where  the  books 
were  temporarily  stored.  Fortunately,  Mr.  Barlow,  a  few 
days  before  this  disaster,  had  removed  to  his  house  a  number 
of  the  rarest  treasures  in  the  collection.  Harrisse  was  tempted, 
by  the  aid  of  Mr.  Barlow's  rich  mine  of  invaluable  works,  to 
write  a  history  of  the  beginnings,  the  decline,  and  the  fall  of  the 
Spanish  Empire  in  the  New  World.  In  making  his  selections 


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among  the  many  works,  Harrisse  naturally  made  a  prelimi 
nary  work  of  bibliography,  and  he  began  with  Columbus. 
These  notes  were  first  published  in  two  instalments  in  the  New 
York  Commercial  Advertiser  under  the  title  of  "Columbus 
in  a  Nutshell."  Mr.  Barlow,  finding  that  these  notes  were 
eagerly  demanded  by  those  interested  in  the  subject,  proposed 
that  they  be  reprinted  with  some  important  additions.  Mr. 
Harrisse  in  preparing  the  additions  did  not  rest  satisfied 
with  the  material  in  Mf.  Barlow's  collection,  but  consulted, 
also,  the  works  relating  to  the  period  in  such  other  promi 
nent  libraries  whose  owners  were  public-spirited  enough  to 
grant  access  to  their  treasures.  These  studies  were  included 
in  the  following  volume  :  "  Notes  on  Columbus.  New  York. 
Privately  Printed.  1866."  (vii  +  22y  p.  13  photographs.  Fol. 
99  copies,  of  which  2  were  on  India  paper.)  The  volume 
consists  of  a  series  of  notes  and  extracts  from  rare  books,  re 
lating  to  Columbus,  with  numerous  valuable  bibliographical 
and  historical  notes.  It  contains  also  an  account  of  the 
poems,  eulogies,  essays,  etc.,  in  honor  of  Columbus,  and  is  a 
treasury  of  fact  and  fancy,  relative  to  the  great  navigator. 
The  photographs  add  much  to  the  interest  of  the  book;  they 
consist  of  (i)  A  Portrait  of  Columbus  from  De  Bry.  (2)  An 
notations  in  the  hand  of  Columbus  on  the  margin  of  a  copy 
of  D'Ailly's  "  Imago  Mundi."  (3)  Recto  of  the  first  leaf  of 
Plannck's  supposed  first  edition  of  Leander  de  Cosco's  Latin 
translation  of  Columbus's  Letter  to  Raphael  Sanchez.  (4) 
Recto  of  first  leaf  of  Plannck's  supposed  edition  (corrected). 
(5,  6)  Recto  of  first  and  last  leaf  of  Silber's  edition  of  the 
Letter.  (7,  8)  Recto  of  first  and  second  leaf  of  Guyot  Mar- 
chand's  first  edition  of  the  Letter.  (9)  Verso  of  the  first  half 
of  Guyot  Marchand's  first  edition.  (10)  Recto  of  the  first  leaf 
of  Guyot  Marchand's  second  edition,  (n)  Monument  erected 
to  Columbus  at  Genoa  in  1854.  (I2)  Annotations  in  the  hand 
of  Columbus  on  page  22  of  ^Eneas  Sylvius's  "  Historia  rerum 
ubique  gestarum,"  etc.  (13)  Last  page  of  an  autograph  letter 
of  Columbus. 

These  researches  inspired  Harrisse  to  prepare  a  study 
of  all  the  authentic  facts  relating  to  the  discovery,  the  con 
quest,  and  the  history  of  America  down  to  the  middle  of  the 
sixteenth  century.  The  bibliographical  data  collected  in  the 
course  of  these  investigations  became  the  nucleus  of  the 


Henry  Harrisse 

"  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima  A  Description 
Works  relating  to  America  Published  Between  the  Years 
1492  and  1551.  .  .  .  New  York  :  George  P.  Philes,  Pub 
lisher,  MDCCCLXVI."  (8+liv. +  519  p.  400  copies  in  roy. 
8*;  99  copies  in  4°;  and '  10  copies  in  4°  on  Holland  paper, 
for  private  distribution.)  In  this  work  Harrisse  describes 
and  gives  the  collations,  mostly  from  personal  observation, 
of  no  less  than  304  important  and  rare  books  relating  to 
America,  published  in  various  languages  between  1492  and 
1551,  commencing  with  the  "  Epiftola  Chriftofori  Colom," 
first  published  in  1493,  and  ending  with  the  first  edition  of 
Ramusio's  collection  of  voyages  published  anonymously  in 
1550.  As  a  specimen  of  American  typography  this  bibli 
ography  has  never  been  surpassed.  The  titles  are  printed 
in  facsimile  letters,  and  where  woodcuts  appear  on  the 
title-page  they  are  also  given  in  facsimile.  Each  book  is 
described  at  length,  and  some  account  is  also  given  of  the 
author  and  his  labors,  the  various  editions  of  his  works  and 
their  differences  ;  and  as  all  the  books  described  are  of  exces 
sive  rarity,  Harrisse  gives  the  names  of  the  American  libra 
ries  in  which  they  were  to  be  found  on  the  4th  of  May,  1866,  the 
period  when  he  completed  his  labors.  "  Had  Mr.  Harrisse 
done  no  more  than  here  stated  he  would  have  more  than 
fulfilled  all  the  duties  of  the  bibliographer  ;  but  he  has  gone 
further,  and  has  added  to  each  description  a  list  of  the  books 
in  which  information  may  be  found  regarding  the  works  thus 
listed.  Further,  knowing  how  important  it  often  is  to  the 
historian  and  to  others  to  consult  the  original  works  on  which 
opinions  and  statements  are  based,  he  carefully  gives  refer 
ences,  chapter  and  verse,  for  every  fact  he  states — thus  in  his 
first  description  of  the  letter  of  Columbus,  he  gives  no  less 
than  ninety-one  notes,  chiefly  references  to  works  consulted. 
Bibliographies  are  too  often  mere  dry  catalogues — transcripts 
of  title-pages  and  nothing  more.  This  volume  is  not  to  be 
classed  with  such  publications.  It  is  in  fact  a  history,  with 
out  which  no  future  American  historian  can  efficiently  per 
form  his  task.  Nay,  it  is  a  cyclopaedia  of  facts  relating  to  the 
early  history  of  America,  without  which  no  large  library  can 
be  considered  complete.  In  his  introduction,  which,  by  the 
way,  contains  an  admirable  defence  of  Bibliography  as  a 
science,  the  author  enumerates  the  labors  of  his  predecessors 


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in  the  same  field,  describing  their  works  and  giving  some 
brief  account  of  their  history."*  In  view  of  all  this,  it  is 
noteworthy  that,  after  thirty-two  years,  the  small  edition  of 
450  copies  that  was  offered  to  the  public  at  cost  price  is  not 
yet  exhausted. 

Harrisse  in  1872  published  a  supplementary  volume, 
entitled  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima  A  Description 
of  Works  relating  to  America,  Published  between  the  Years 
1492  and  1551:  Additions  Paris:  Librairie  Tross."  (4  +  xl-f- 
199  p.  200  copies  in  8°,  50  copies  in  4°.)  This  volume  is  not, 
properly  speaking,  a  continuation  of  its  predecessor,  but  a 
series  of  notes  and  additions  "intended  to  aid  towards  forming 
a  complete  list  of  works  relating  to  the  discovery,  history, 
and  geography  of  America,  printed  previous  to  the  year  1551." 
It  contains  bibliographical  notes  gathered  in  the  leading  li 
braries  of  Europe,  and  186  articles,  two-thirds  of  which  are 
new.  The  other  third  is  composed  chiefly  of  descriptions  de 
msu  of  extremely  rare  editions,  which  Harrisse  had  succinctly 
cited  on  the  authority  of  other  bibliographers,  or  published 
only  in  the  appendix  to  the  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetus 
tissima." 

Harrisse  was  born  in  Paris  in  1830.  When  quite  young 
he  came  to  the  United  States  to  join  his  family,  and  went 
South,  where  he  taught  modern  languages  to  support  himself 
while  he  was  studying  law.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.M. 
from  the  South  Carolina  College,  read  Blackstone  with  the 
Hon.  W.  W.  Boyce,  and  prepared  himself  for  the  bar  in  the 
Law  Department  of  the  North  Carolina  University.  The 
Hon.  Stephen  A.  Douglas  induced  him  to  settle  in  Chicago  ; 
but  after  a  few  years  of  unrequited  efforts  as  a  lawyer,  he  re 
moved  to  New  York  and  entered  the  office  of  the  late  N.  Dane 
Ellingwood  (at  59  Exchange  Place,)  at  that  time  one  of  the 
most  venerable  and  learned  members  of  the  legal  profession. 
Harrisse  is  still  entitled  to  plead  in  our  courts.  Thirty 
years  ago  he  made  Paris  his  home.  Being  discouraged  at 
the  treatment  which  his  works,  all  written  solely  to  promote 
a  documentary  and  initial  knowledge  of  the  history  of  our 
country,  received  at  the  hands  of  the  American  public,  Har- 

*  Nicolas  Trubner  in  Tnit>nerjs  American  and  Oriental  Literary 
Record,  September  i,  1866. 


Henry  Harrisse  9 

risse  gave  up  Americana.  During  two  years  he  studied 
Egyptology  at  the  Louvre,  under  his  friend  Professor  Mas- 
pero,  translated  several  papyri  from  the  Hieratic,  and  com 
menced  a  commentary  on  the  Heretical  Kings  of  the  xvinth 
dynasty.  At  Mr.  Barlow's  urgent  request  he  relinquished 
these  studies  and  returned  to  American  subjects,  toiling 
henceforth  and  unremittingly  and  gratuitously,  as  usual,  at 
the  task  of  clearing  up  obscurities  that  rest  upon  the  period 
of  American  discovery,  which  includes  the  voyages  of  Colum 
bus,  Vespucci,  the  Cabots,  and  Cortereal.  Notwithstanding 
his  sojourn  in  France,  he  retains  his  American  citizenship. 
On  the  occasion  of  the  Columbus  quarter-centenary,  Harrisse 
was  made  a  Knight  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  by  the  French 
Government.  Since  1854  he  has  published  sixty-nine  vol 
umes  and  pamphlets  in  English,  French,  Spanish,  and  several 
other  languages. 

The  following  is  a  short  title  list  of  his  bibliographical 
writings  : 

1.  The  Dictionary  of  Philosophical  Sciences.    (Southern  Quarterly  Re 

view,  July,  1854.) 

2.  An  Essay  on  the  Literary  Institution  best  adapted  to  the  present 

wants  and  interests  of  our  Country.     Columbia,  S.  C.,  1858.    8°. 

3.  French  Histories  of  France.     {North  American  Review ',  January, 

1863.) 

4.  M.Ernest  Renan.    A  Biographical  Essay.    New  York,  1864.     8°. 
Introduction  to  an  English  translation  of  Kenan's  "  Etudes  d'histoire 

religieuse." 

5.  Bibliotheca  Barlowiana.    New  York,  1864.     12°.    (Privately  printed; 

four  copies  only.) 

6.  Letters  of  Christopher  Columbus  describing  his  First  Voyage  to  the 

Western  Hemisphere.    Texts  and  Translations.      New  York,  1865. 
Folio,  with  facsimiles.    (Privately  printed;  ten  copies  only.) 

7.  Notes  on  Columbus.    New  York,  1866.    Folio,  with  plates.    (Privately 

printed.) 

/8.     Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima.     (See  title  above.) 
9.     D.  Fernando  Colon,  Historiador  de  su  Padre;  Ensayo  Critico.     Se 
ville,  1871.     4°. 
/  10.     Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima.    Additions.     (See  title  above.) 

11.  Notes  pour  servir  a  1'histoire,  a  la  bibliographic  et  a  la  cartographic  de 

la  Nouvelle  France  et  des  pays  ad  jacents.   1545-1700.    Paris,  1872.   8°. 
A  bibliography  of  Canada,  with  documents  and  descriptions  of  manu 
script  maps,  up  to  1700. 

12.  Introduction  de  la  Imprenta  en  America,  con  una  Bibliografia  de  las 

obras  impressas  en  aquel  hemisferia  desde   1540  a  1600.     Madrid, 
1872.    8°. 
A  chapter,  enlarged,  of  the  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima," 


io  Henry  Harrisse 

originally  published  under  the  following  title:  "A  Brief  Disquisition  Con 
cerning  the  Early  History  of  Printing.  New  York:  Privately  Printed^ 
1866."  Imp.  8°,  25  copies,  of  which  5  were  on  drawing  paper. 

13.  Fernand   Colomb,  sa  vie,  ses  oeuvres.     Essai  critique.     Paris,  1872. 

Large  8°. 

14.  Les  Colombo  de  France  et  d'ltalie,  fameux  marins  du  xv*1  siecle;  1461- 

1491.  D'apres  des  documents  nouveaux  ou  ine"dits  tir6s  des  archives 
de  Milan,  de  Paris  et  de  Venise.  Me"moire  lu  £  1'Acad^mie  des  in 
scriptions  et  belles-lettres  dans  ses  stances  des  ier  et  15  mai  1874. 
Paris,  1874.  4°. 

15.  L'Histoire  de  Christophe  Colomb  attribute  &  son  fils  Fernand.     Ex- 

amen  critique.  Paris,  1875.  8°.  (Separate  issue  of  articles  in  the 
Bulletin  de  la  Societe  de  Geographic.} 

16.  Le  Voyage  de  Verrazzano.     Paris,  1876.    8°. 

Critical  review  of  the  work  of  the  Hon.  Henry  C.  Murphy,  with  new 
documents,  in  the  Revue  Critique. 

17.  Histoire  du  Chevalier  des  Grieux  et  de  Manon  Lescaut.     Bibliogra 

phic  et  notes  pour  servir  &  1'histoire  du  livre.  Paris,  1875.  8°.  Re 
vised  and  enlarged  ed.,  Paris,  1877.  8°. 

18.  Los  Restos  de  Don  Cristoval  Colon.     Disquisicion.     Seville,   1878. 

Small  4°. 

19.  Les  Sepultures  de  Christophe  Colomb.     Revue  critique  du  premier 

rapport  officiel  publte  sur  ce  sujet.     Paris,  1879.    8°- 

20.  Jean  et  S^bastien  Cabot,  leur  origine  et  leurs  voyages.     £tude  d'his- 

toire  critique,  suivie  d'une  cartographic,  d'une  bibliographic  et 
d'une  chronologic  des  voyages  au  Nord-Ouest,  de  1497  a  1559.  D'apres 
des  documents  ine"dits.  Paris,  1882.  Large  8°.  With  facsimile  of 
the  North  American  section  of  the  Cabotian  planisphere. 

21.  Christophe  Colomb  et  la  Corse.    Observations  sur  un  de"cret  recent  du 

gouyernement  francais.     Paris,  1813.     8°. 

22.  Les  Corte-Real  et  leurs  voyages  au  Nouveau-Monde.     D'apres  des 

documents  nouveaux  ou  peu  connus  tire's  des  archives  de  Lisbonne 
et  de  Modene,  suivi  du  texte  ine'dit  d'un  re"cit  de  la  troisieme  ex- 
pe"dition  de  Gaspar  Corte-Real  et  d'une  importante  carte  nautique 
portugaise  de  I'anne'e  1502,  reproduite  ici  pour  la  premiere  fois. 
Me"moire  lu  &  l'Acade"mie  des  inscriptions  et  belles-lettres  dans 
sa  stance  du  ier  juin  1883.  Paris,  1883.  Large  8°,  with  facsimile  of 
the  American  section  of  the  Cantino  planisphere,  folded  in  a  case. 

23.  Gaspar  Corte-Real.     La  date  exacte  de  sa  derniere    expedition    au 

Nouveau-Monde.  D'apres  des  documents  ine"dits  recemment  tire's 
des  archives  de  la  Torre  do  Tombo  &  Lisbonne.  Paris,  1883.  Large 
8°,  with  facsimiles. 

24.  Christophe  Colomb,  son  origine,  sa  vie,  ses  voyages,  sa  famille  et  ses 

descendants.  D'apres  des  Documents  inedits  tire's  des  archives  de 
Genes,  de  Savone,  de  Seville  et  de  Madrid.  Etudes  d'histoire  cri 
tique.  Paris,  1884.  2  volumes,  large  8°,  with  map,  plates,  and  gene 
alogical  tables. 

25.  L'Origine  de  Christophe  Colomb.    Demonstration  critique  et  docu- 

mentaire.     Paris,  1885.    8°. 

26.  Grandeur  et  decadence  de  la  Colombine.    Paris,  1885.   8°.    (Privately 

printed.) 


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27.  La  Colombine  et  Clement  Marot.    Parit,  1886.   8°.   (Privately  printed.) 

28.  Grandeza  y  decadencia  de  la  Colombina.     Seville,  1886.     12°. 
Controversial  articles  reprinted  from  the  Spanish  papers. 

29.  Excerpta    Colombiniana.      Bibliographic    de    quatre    cents    pieces 

gothiques,  franfaises,  italiennes  et  latines  du  commencement  du 
seizieme  siecle,  non  de'crites  jusqu'ici.  Pre"c^de"e  d'une  histoire  de 
la  Bibliotheque  Colombine  et  de  son  fondateur.  Paris,  1887.  8°. 
With  facsimiles  of  original  types  and  illustrations. 

30.  Le  Quatrieme  centenaire  de  la  de"couverte  du  Nouveau-Monde.     Let- 

tre  adressde  k  Son  Excellence  le  Ministre  de  I'lnstruction  publique 
du  royaume  d'ltalie.  Par  un  Citoyen  Ame*ricain.  Genoa,  1887. 
Large  8°. 

31.  Christophe  Colomb  et  Savone.    Verzellino  etses  "  Memorie."    Etudes 

d'histoire  critique  et  documentaire.     Genoa,  1887.    8°. 

32.  Christopher  Columbus  and  the  Bank  of  Saint  George.     New  York 

and  London,  1888.  Large  4°,  with  plates  and  facsimiles.  (Privately 
printed.) 

33.  Christoph  Columbus  im  Orient.    Leipzig,  1888.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of 

an  essay  published  in  the  Centralblatt  fur  Bibliotheks-wesen.} 

34.  Cristoforo  Colombo  e  gli  orientali.    Genoa,  1889.    8°.    (Separate  issue 

of  an  Italian  version  of  the  above,  published  in  the  Giornale  Li- 
gustico?) 

35.  Document  ine'dit  concernant  Vasco  da  Gama.    Relation  addressee  & 

Hercule  d'Este,  due  de  Ferrare.  Paris,  1889.  8°.  (Per  Nozze,  pri 
vately  printed.) 

36.  The  late  Samuel  Latham  Mitchill  Barlow.     Introduction  to  the  Cata 

logue  of  his  American  Library.  New  York,  1889.  8°.  (Separate 
issue,  with  corrections  and  portrait.) 

37.  Christophe  Colomb,  les  Corses  et  le  gouvernement  fran9ais.    Paris, 

1890.    8°. 

38.  Cristoforo  Colombo  e  il  Banco  di  S.  Giorgio.     Saggio  storico-critico 

sui  rapporti  del  grande  navigatore  con  quell'  istituto;  sull'  uffizio 
e  sulle  operazioni  di  banco  nel  medio  evo  e  dimostrazione  docu- 
mentata  dell'  origine  di  Colombo  dalla  citt&  di  Genova  sulla  base  di 
inediti  o  poco  noti  documenti.  Genova,  a  spese  del  Municipio,  1890. 
Folio,  with  plates  and  facsimiles.  (For  private  distribution  by  the 
City  Council  of  Genoa.) 

39.  Nouvelles  recherches  sur  1'histoire  de  1'Ame'rique.    Paris,  1890.    8°. 

(Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  "in  the  Revue  Historique.) 

40.  Qui  a  imprime'  la  premiere  lettre  de  Christophe  Colomb  ?    Leipzig, 

1892.  8°.  (Separate  issue  of  a  critical  dissertation  published  in  the 
Centralblatt  fur  Bibliothekswesen.) 

41.  The  Discovery  of  North  America.    A  Critical,  Documentary,  and 

Historic  Investigation,  with  an  Essay  on  the  Early  Cartography  of 
the  New  World,  including  descriptions  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Maps  or  Globes,  existing  or  lost,  constructed  before  the  year  1536. 
To  which  are  added  a  Chronology  of  One  Hundred  Voyages  West 
ward,  Projected,  Attempted,  or  Accomplished  between  1431  and 
1504;  Biographical  Accounts  of  the  Three  Hundred  Pilots  who  first 
crossed  the  Atlantic;  and  a  copious  List  of  the  Original  Names  of 


12  Henry  Harrisse 

American  Regions,  Caciqueships,  Mountains,  Islands,  Capes,  Gulfs, 
Rivers,  Towns,  and  Harbors.  Paris,  H.  Welter,  1892.  Large  4°, 
with  twenty-three  facsimiles  of  ancient  charts  and  globes. 

42.  Christophe  Colomb  devant  1'Histoire.     Paris,  1892.    8°. 

43.  Colomb  n'est  pas  n£  £  Savone.   (Article  in  the  Revue  Historique,  No 

vember-December,  1892.) 

44.  Christophe  Colomb  et  ses  historiens  espagnols.    Paris,  1892.    8°.    (Sep 

arate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 

45.  Autographies  de  Christophe  Colomb  re'cemment  de"couverts.     Paris, 

1893.  8°.  (Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  the  Revue  His- 
torique.) 

46.  Colomb  et  Toscanelli.    Paris,  1893.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an  article 

published  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 

47.  Introduction  to  Christopher  Columbus's  Own   Book  of  Privileges, 

1502,  compiled  and  edited  by  B.  F.  Stevens.  London,  1893.  Folio. 
(Separate  issue;  only  twenty  copies  printed,  for  distribution.) 

48.  The  early  Paris  editions  of  Columbus's  first  "Epistola."    Leipzig, 

1893.  8°.     (Separate  issue  of  an  article  in  the  Centralblatt  filr 
Bibliothekswesen,  translated  into  English.) 

49.  A  propos  d'un  manuscrit  du  minist&re  des  affaires  etrangeres.     Paris, 

1894.  (Separate  issue,  8°  and  folio,  with  additions  of  an  article  pub 
lished  in  the  Revue  Critique?) 

50.  Christophe  Colomb  et  les  acaddmiciens  espagnols.    Notes  pour  servir 

£  1'histoire  de  la  science  en  Espagne  au  xixe  siecle.  Paris,  1894. 
Small  8°. 

51.  Sebastien  Cabot,  navigateur  ve"nitien.   Paris,  1859.    8°.    (Separate  issue 

of  a  series  of  articles  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Ge"o- 
graphie.) 

52.  Pro  Academia  Hispaniensi.     Paris,  1895.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an 

article  in  the  Revue  Critique.} 

53.  Lettre  de  Christophe  Colomb  annon9ant  aux  rois  catholiques  la  ddcou- 

verte  du  Nouveau-Monde.  Bibliographic  de  la  version  latine.  Paris, 
1894.  12°.  (Reprinted  from  Centralblatt  fur  Bibliotheksivesen) 

54.  Americus  Vespuccius.    A  Critical  and  Documentary  Review  of  Two 

recent  English  Books  concerning  that  Navigator.  London,  1895. 
Fcap.  4°. 

55.  John  Cabot,  the  Discoverer  of  North  America,  and  Sebastian  his  Son. 

A  Chapter  of  the  Maritime  History  of  England  under  the  Tudors. 
London,  1896.  8°. 

56.  Un  nouveau  globe  verrazanien.    Paris,  1895.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an 

article  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Geographic?) 

57.  La  cartographic  verrazanienne.    Paris,  1896.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an 

article  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Geographie.) 

58.  L'Abbd  Prevost.     Histoire  de  sa  vie  et  de  ses  oeuvres.    (Documents 

nouveaux.)    Paris,  1896.    12°. 

59.  Un  Americanum  rarissime.     Paris,  1897.     8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an 

article  published  in  the  Bulletin  du  Bibliophile.) 

60.  Encore  la  Bibliothfcque  Colombine.     Paris,  1897.     8°.    (Separate  issue 

of  aix  article'published  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 

61.  Sdbastien  Cabot  considere  comme  cartographe,    Paris,  1897.    8°.    (Sep- 


Henry  Harrisse  13 

arate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Gto- 
graphie.) 

62.  The  Discovery  of  North  America  by  John  Cabot.     The  alleged  date 

and  landfall.  New  York,  1897.  Small  8°.  (Separate  issue  of  an  arti 
cle  published  in  the  Forum.) 

63.  The  Discovery  of  North  America  by  John  Cabot.     [Also,~\  The  Ship's 

Name  the  "Matthew"  a  Forgery  of  Chatterton  ?  Third  edition, 
revised  and  enlarged.  London,  1897.  Small  8°. 

64.  The  Date  of  Cabot's  Discovery  of  the  American  Continent,  and  an 

alleged  Forgery  of  Chatterton.  A  Rejoinder.  (Reprinted  from 
Notes  and  Queries.)  London,  1897.  12°. 

65.  S6bastien  Cabot,  Pilote-Major  d'Espagne,  conside"re  comme  Naviga- 

teur.  Paris,  1897.  8°.  (Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  in 
Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Geographic?)  With  a  map. 

66.  L'atterrage  de  Jean  Cabot  au  continent  Americain  en  1497.    A  memoir 

read  before  the  Konigl-Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften  of  Gottin- 
gen,  and  extracted  from  its  Nachrichten.  Gottingen,  1897.  8°. 

67.  The  Diplomatic  History  of  America:  its  first  chapter,  1452-1493-1494. 

London,  1897.     12°,  with  a  comparative  map,  drawn  by  the  author. 

68.  Did  Cabot  return   from  his  Second  Voyage  ?    (Reprinted  from   The 

American  Historical  Review  for  April,  1898.     pp.  449-455.)     8°. 

69.  The  Outcome  of  the  Cabot  Quarter-Centenary.      (Article  in    The 

A  merica n  Historical  Review,  October,  1898.     pp.  38-61.)    8°. 

70.  L.-L.   Boilly,    peintre,  dessinateur  et  lithographe.      Sa  vie    et    son  , 

ceuvre,  1761-1845.  Suivis  d'une  description  de  douze  cents  pein- 
tures,  dessins  et  lithographies  de  cet  excellent  artiste.  4to,  with 
twenty-five  facsimiles.  (In  press.) 

71.  De"couverte  et  6volution  cartographique  de  Terre-Neuve,  1497-1501- 

1700.  Large  410,  with  forty  maps,  drawn  by  the  author.  (In  prep 
aration.) 

It  may  be  interesting  to  add  that  all  these  works,  besides 
several  others,  representing  forty-four  years  of  close  study 
and  hard  labor,  have  yielded  to  Mr.  Harrisse  less  than  three 
hundred  dollars  all  told.  Further,  he  never  was  fortunate 
enough  to  find  a  publisher  in  America  willing  to  undertake 
the  publication  of  a  single  book  written  by  him,  although 
offered  in  every  instance  as  a  gift. 


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